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Best on Ground


The ATO shows off its data strength with Bushfire support - Automated lodgement deferrals by postcode. Software can’t do that. 


Receipt Bank raises $73m to dislodge everything we thought about the Xero/Hubdoc move of 2019 (so last year).  


https://www.receipt-bank.com/blog/receipt-bank-raises-73m-in-series-c-round/ 


Check out these tools for accountants to help with bushfire victims 

IPA: https://www.publicaccountant.com.au/news/ipa-offers-support-to-bushfire-victims 
CA: https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/news-and-analysis/news/australian-bushfires-support-resources-for-you-your-clients-and-communities 
CPA: https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/professional-resources/business-management/business-recovery/disaster-recovery-toolkit 

Indinero founder calls out Intuit for over hyping AI and ML 


https://futurefirm.co/indinero-the-accounting-firm-of-the-future/ 


Worst on Ground


Accountants without significant new training are not business advisers but this message comes from someone who has been advocating the opposite for years. 


https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/business/13895-accountants-cautioned-on-advisory-jump


David can’t work out if this comment is a joke or not but it highlights the tech challenge the average firm is struggling with.”Our organisation does not have access to a smart phone so can I go back to lodging paper returns?”


https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/technology/13731-ato-details-mygovid-implementation-roadmap#!/ccomment-comment=8264


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